Posted on Aug 20, 2021
US allegedly spent $28m on unusable Afghan camouflage uniforms
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The US military reportedly spent millions of dollars on uniform for the Afghan army that were unusable because the camouflage was not suited to the country’s terrain.
According to a US government watchdog covering the US mission in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar), Washington spent as much as $28 million (£20.5 million) buying uniforms that the Afghan military were not able to use.
The camouflage, as Bloomberg reported on Thursday, did not match the terrain of Afghanistan – but the money was spent on the uniforms anyway.
According to a US government watchdog covering the US mission in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar), Washington spent as much as $28 million (£20.5 million) buying uniforms that the Afghan military were not able to use.
The camouflage, as Bloomberg reported on Thursday, did not match the terrain of Afghanistan – but the money was spent on the uniforms anyway.
US allegedly spent $28m on unusable Afghan camouflage uniforms
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel $$$ in somebody's pocket...
..."The Pentagon, in an assessment in June 2017, blamed an Afghan minister of defence for saying the unusable camouflage firms were the better design, saying “he liked the woodland, urban, and temperate patterns”.
It was not clear when the order occurred, and under which Afghan official.
..."The Pentagon, in an assessment in June 2017, blamed an Afghan minister of defence for saying the unusable camouflage firms were the better design, saying “he liked the woodland, urban, and temperate patterns”.
It was not clear when the order occurred, and under which Afghan official.
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Afghanistan has various kinds of terrain, with different kinds of vegetation (or none at all), and it even has seasons when the vegetation changes -- just like about 90% of the world's landmass. No camouflage uniform has ever been a good match everywhere or year-round.
The US forces complained that each of our uniforms didn't match the background when we arrived in Afghanistan. RP probably still has pictures that were posted showing how "bad" our camo uniforms were -- of course if you look at those photos you will see that even in the same photo you will find two or three completely different backgrounds that no one patter could possibly have matched.
Complaining that a uniform is "unusable" simply because it has a camo pattern that doesn't blend with every possible background is complete nonsense. I don't see the Taliban having any problems with their clothes not magically blending with the background.
The US forces complained that each of our uniforms didn't match the background when we arrived in Afghanistan. RP probably still has pictures that were posted showing how "bad" our camo uniforms were -- of course if you look at those photos you will see that even in the same photo you will find two or three completely different backgrounds that no one patter could possibly have matched.
Complaining that a uniform is "unusable" simply because it has a camo pattern that doesn't blend with every possible background is complete nonsense. I don't see the Taliban having any problems with their clothes not magically blending with the background.
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